NZWEA's Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition is your opportunity to meet decision makers and representatives from companies that are driving wind energy's growth.
It is the annual event for New Zealand's wind energy industry, organised by the industry for the industry.
And it's the only event where all industry participants gather in one place to share their experience and expertise in wind energy.
The industry now encompasses experience in the full range of project phases: from site assessment through to wind farm operation and maintenance. The conference is your opportunity to meet with all of these industry participants in one place. Over 270 delegates and more than 35 sponsors and exhibitors are expected to attend the 2010 Conference.
The 2010 conference will be held in Palmerston North, at the heart of New Zealand's existing wind energy development. It will open on the evening of Monday 29 March and run until Wednesday 31 March.
Convening the conference in Palmerston North gives us the opportunity to explore the benefits wind energy delivers to both the national and regional economies, as well as the specific policy and development issues industry players are dealing with.
Resource Management Act and electricity sector reforms, as well as the review of the ETS have created some uncertainty for the industry. The coming months will see some of this policy uncertainty resolved. The conference provides an exciting opportunity to discuss opportunities for wind energy in New Zealand in light of these policy developments.
To enable broad discussion we have scheduled parallel sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday that will cover a wide range of interest areas - including economics, planning and the RMA, ecological management, community relations, forecasting, modelling, transmission access and grid integration, the electricity market and operations and maintenance.
Why participate?
The annual Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition is an ideal place to communicate with key players in New Zealand's wind energy industry.
The combination of an informative programme, nationally and internationally recognised speakers, and a wide range of sponsorship, exhibition and networking opportunities makes the conference the leading annual event for New Zealand's wind energy industry.
If your company provides technology, products, services or advice to the wind energy industry, then you need to be at the 2010 Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition.
Take advantage of this three-day event to:
- profile your business, services or products
- connect with key industry players
- target new or existing clients
- gain market insight and perspective on government policies and industry growth.
Who attends?
The conference attracts delegates and exhibitors from the full range of organisations involved in the wind energy industry:
- electricity generators
- electricity retailers
- wind farm developers and operators
- environmental consultancies
- engineering firms
- construction firms
- turbine manufacturers
- service and maintenance providers
- universities and research institutions
- component suppliers
- Transpower - the transmission owner/operator
- lines companies
- Electricity Commission - the market regulator
- banks
- legal firms
- central and local government.